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N. 44, October - December 2009
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Making IP protection more efficient: from university to the
market
Laurent Manderieux |
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| In the innovation chain, universities and companies are two key
players that need to work together: universities excel at doing research
– it is one of their main functions, along with education – but
they may need funds to finance and expand it, whereas the main business
objective is profitability, and it may end up being cheaper or more efficient
for companies to work closely with universities to develop innovative products.
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 | IP & RTD: Articles
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Forth Photonics: A high tech Greek health service
company
Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation (OBI)
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| Forth Photonics was established in 2002 by the Foundation for
Research and Technology (FRT), Professor Konstantinos Balas and the NBGI
Ventures investment funds company to ensure the business continuity of a
successful FRT research work group on the use of photons in medical diagnostic
technology. First and foremost, the application... |
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Shapes that give substantial value to the goods: the forgotten
(?) rule
Sergio Rizzo
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| Pursuant to Article 7(1)(e) of the Council Regulation (EC) No. 40/94
of 20th December 1993 on the
Community trade mark, as amended (“CTMR”), certain signs are
precluded from registration, namely (i) shapes that result from the nature of
the goods themselves, (ii) shapes necessary to obtain a technical result and
(iii) shapes that... |
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 | IP in practice
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| Patent of the month |
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| In the past, prosthetics has been a pretty miserable part of most
health services. Artificial hands were often hook-like, limited to simple open
and close gestures that made tasks, such as holding a cup or other narrow
object, difficult and frustrating. The situation changed remarkably with the
introduction of i-LIMB™ Hand
to the... |
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esp@cenet Quiz
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| This is an excerpt of an article on a future way to control your TV
without the old remote control:... |
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